To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

Couchbase Server 4.0 addresses NoSQL’s biggest pain point with SQL-like query language for its document datastore ...

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

The idea of running transactions and analytics on the same database is not new but it's been held back by technology. But things in the hybrid world have been changing.

Although NoSQL has generated some noise of late, SQL continues to win in the marketplace and continues to earn investment and adoption throughout the big data problem space.

SQL remains a popular choice and a proven solution when it comes to modern databases that handle large-volume analytic workloads and real-time transactions. Google, despite its early adoption of NoSQL ...

And, finally, the SQL language can be overused and complex, but this is largely the choice of the developer or adopted standards within an application group. So if most of the perceived weaknesses for ...

While the audience was comprised of NoSQL users and developers, many seemed to think Stonebraker’s SQL-friendlier approach had some merit, even if they disagreed on individual points.